Improvement in stand and waiter



y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEOEGE GILL, OE TA'UNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STAND AND WAITER,f

To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, GEORGE GILL, of Tann l ton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Stand and Waiter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clearand eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section.

This invention relates to a waiter combined with a stand for holding water -pitchers or other vessels that require to be inclined in order to dischargetheir contents, the stand being, therefore, provided with a swinging frame,

` in which` the vessel is placed, said improvementsconsisting, mainly, in details ofconstruction and the addition of wings to the waiter for the purpose of increasing its capacity.

In the drawings, A is the waiter. a a are two wings, constructed similarly to the waiter, and cast in one piece with it, one of which wings may conveniently be used for holding a drinkinggoblet, and the other for holding` a slop-bowl.

B13 are standards, which spring` vertically from opposite sides ofv the waiter A.

C is the swinging frame, that is suspended between the standards for lthe purpose of holding the ice-pitcher.

The frame, standards, 'and waiter A are not new as respects this application.

ras thelatter descends after having been raised,

by which stops the frame is prevented from swinging in the wrong direction.

In Fig. 1, e is a pin, which passes loosely through the vertical flange f of the frame G. yThe pin e is provided with a head, 71., and to its inner extremity is soldered the free end of a spring-plate, i, whose lbody is secured, as may be, to the inner side of the flange f. A curved plate. 7s, projects upward from the spring i aud`hends over the pin e, so as to enable the water-pitcher, when inserted in the frame, to press the Spring and pin outward. The spring assists in holding the pitcher in the frame.

Hollow trunnions, Z, Fig. 2, project inward from the standards B, near the vupper end of the same. On the trunnions the arms D D ot' the frame C are suspended. Screws m, passing through the arms D and entering the trunnions l, connect the arms with the standards B.

This connection is a rm and sufficient one,

and yet such that the arms D may easily be separated from the standards B when desired.

In respect to the waiter A and its wings, it is obvious that the form may be Varied without departing from the objector" t-he combination. For instance, the waiter maybe elon-.

gated,'so as to include the wings in a single oval, instead of forming the wings on-the ends of the waiter, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim .as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The strengthening-wire b, provided with the lug c and combined with the standard B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The hollow trunnion Z, combined with the standard B, arm I), and screw m, substantially as and for the purposespecied.

3. The frame C, provided with the flange f, in combination with the spring c', plate k, and pin e, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

et. The waiterA,'co1nbined with either or both of the wings a and standard B, substan. tially as and for the purpose explained.

GEORGE GILL.

lVitnesses:

WILLIAM W. SWAN, THEODOEE I. HALL.` 

